"This is another rare cat right here. Here's the deal with him: He'll be a 21-year-old rookie, and you can play him inside or outside. He can handle all the space in the middle of the Eagles' wide-9 front."

"...I know [Jason] Babin and [Trent] Cole are going to be excited. We swapped deer pictures and gun pictures. He’s just a really cool guy. He was really proud of his new pickup. He got a King Ranch -- is that a Ford? He had no idea what King Ranch was. Anyway, good guy. Country guy."

Washburn said he first noticed Cox one night when he was watching Mississippi State play on a random Thursday. (“I must have been bored,” Washburn joked.) He called a friend and asked about Cox. The more he watched, the more he liked. Washburn’s initial impression of Cox the “country guy” as a player was simple and direct: "Whoa."

"He’s going to jump right into the rotation we’ve got and start playing," Washburn said.

It also doesn’t hurt that Cox was the No. 1 ranked defensive tackle (seventh overall rated player) by CBSSports.com and that he is 6-foot-4, 298 pounds with an impressive 34½-inch arm length.

Add in the fact that as a junior last season, Cox recorded 56 tackles (14.5 for a loss), five sacks and forced a fumble.

In any case, Cox should add a presence inside for an Eagles defensive line that is getting older with guys like Cullen Jenkins and Mike Patterson another year older.